PJ'S HAIR DESIGN LIMITED

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SC218091 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-12
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£3.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 24.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,769
Net assets shrinking
Down £647 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£959£2k£3k£4k£5kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£3.8k£4.4k
Current assets£2.8k£4.8k
Net assets£3.8k£4.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2022-01-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-03-03
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-03-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2016-02-27
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    BROE, Peggy Ann resigned
    secretary
  18. 2016-02-27
    ➖
    BROE, Peggy Ann resigned
    director
  19. 2007-02-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2002-01-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 2001-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As PJ'S HAIR DESIGN LIMITED
  22. 2001-04-12
    ➕
    BROE, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  23. 2001-04-12
    ➕
    BROE, Peggy Ann appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-04-12
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-04-12
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-04-12
    ➕
    BROE, Peggy Ann appointed
    director
  27. 2001-04-12
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2001-04-12
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Patrick Joseph Broe
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-04-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment

Registered office

39 Keith Street
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2JA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BROE, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROE, Peggy Ann→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-12 · resigned 2016-02-27
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-12 · resigned 2001-04-12
Resigned
BROE, Peggy Ann→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-04-12 · resigned 2016-02-27
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-12 · resigned 2001-04-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property20/02/2007—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property04/01/200213/01/2022
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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-14